THE MONSTER LIST OF

POWER WORDS
595 Emotion-Packed Words and Phrases
That’ll Instantly Make You a Better Writer
by Jon Morrow

Words to Provoke Fear

Fear is without a doubt the most powerful emotion for grabbing and keeping an
audience’s attention.

Agony Devastating Lunatic Scream

Apocalypse Disastrous Lurking Searing
Armageddon Doom Massacre Shatter
Assault Drowning Meltdown Shellacking
Backlash Dumb Menacing Silly
Beating Embarrass Mired Slaughter
Beware Fail Mistake Slave
Blinded Feeble Murder Strangle
Blood Fired Nightmare Stupid
Bloodbath Fool Painful Tailspin
Bloodcurdling Fooled Pale Tank
Bloody Frantic Panic Targeted
Blunder Frightening Peril Teetering
Bomb Gambling Piranha Terror
Buffoon Gullible Pitfall Terrorist
Bumbling Hack Plague Torture
Cadaver Hazardous Played Toxic
Catastrophe Hoax Plummet Tragedy
Caution Holocaust Plunge Trap
Collapse Horrific Poison Vaporize
Corpse Hurricane Poor Victim
Crazy Injure Prison Volatile
Cripple Insidious Pummel Vulnerable
Crisis Invasion Pus Warning
Danger IRS Reckoning Worry

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Deadly Jail Refugee Wounded
Death Jeopardy Revenge
Deceiving Lawsuit Risky
Destroy Looming Scary

Words to Encourage and Energize

Wake your readers from their stupor with words that infuse energy and
enthusiasm.

Amazing Effortless Jubilant Staggering

Ascend Empower Legend Strengthen
Astonishing Epic Life-changing Striking
Astounding Excellent Magic Strong
Audacious Excited Marvelous Stunning
Awe-inspiring Extraordinary Master Stunt
Awesome Eye-opening Mind-blowing Supreme
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Backbone Fabulous Miracle Surprising
Badass Faith Miraculous Terrific
Beat Fantastic Noble Thrive
Belief Fearless Perfect Thwart
Blissful Ferocious Persuade Titan
Bravery Fierce Phenomenal Tough
Breathtaking Force Pluck Triumph
Brilliant Fulfill Power-up Tremendous
Celebrate Glorious Praise Unbeatable
Cheer Glory Prevail Unbelievable
Colossal Graceful Remarkable Unforgettable
Command Grateful Revel Unique
Conquer Grit Rule Unleash
Courage Guts Score Uplifting
Daring Happy Seize Valient
Defeat Heart Sensational Valor
Defiance Hero Spectacular Vanquish
Delight Honor Spine Victory
Devoted Hope Spirit Win
Dignity Incredible Splendid Wonderful
Dominate Jaw-dropping Spunk Wondrous

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Words to Elicit Desire

Like it or not, sex sells, so tap into the provocative power of lust to lure your
readers.

Allure Frisky Nude Strip

Arouse Goosebumps Obscene Sweaty
Bare Hanker Orgasmic Tantalizing
Begging Heavenly Passionate Taste
Beguiling Hottest Pining Tawdry
Brazen Hypnotic Pleasure Tease
Captivating Impure Provocative Tempting
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Charm Indecent Racy Thrilling
Cheeky Intense Raunchy Tickle
Climax Intoxicating Risque Tight
Crave Itching Rowdy Tingle
Delight Juicy Salacious Turn on
Delirious Kinky Satisfy Unabashed
Depraved Kiss Saucy Uncensored
Desire Lascivious Scandalous Untamed
Dirty Lewd Seduce Untouched
Divine Lick Seductive Urge
Ecstasy Lonely Sensual Voluptuous
Embrace Longing Sex Vulgar
Enchant Love Shameless Wanton
Enthralling Lure Sinful Wet
Entice Luscious Sleazy Whip
Entrance Lush Sleeping Wild
Excite Lust Spank X-rated
Explicit Mischievous Spellbinding Yearning
Exposed Mouth-watering Spicy Yummy
Fascinate Naked Steamy
Forbidden Naughty Stimulating

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Words to Incite Anger

Snap people from apathy to action using words that connect with your readers'
anger.

Abhorrent Dishonest Money-grubbing Ruthless

Abuse Distorted Nasty Savage
Annoying Evil Nazi Scam
Arrogant Exploit No good Scold
Ass kicking Evil Obnoxious Sick and tired
Backstabbing Force-fed Oppressive Sink
Barbaric Foul Pain in the ass Slam
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Bash Freaking out Payback Slander
Beat down Full of shit Perverse Slap
Big mouth Greedy Pesky Slay
Blatant Gross Pest Smash
Brutal Harass Phony Smear
Bullshit Hate Pissed off Smug
Bully High and mighty Pollute Sniveling
Cheat Horrid Pompous Snob
Clobber Infuriating Pound Snooty
Clown Jackass Preposterous Snotty
Cocky Kick Pretentious Spoil
Corrupt Kill Punch Stuck up
Coward Knock Punish Suck
Crooked Knock out Rampant Terrorize
Crush Know it all Ravage Trash
Curse Lies Repelling Trounce
Debase Livid Repugnant Tyranny
Defile Loathsome Revile Underhanded
Delinquent Loser Revolting Up to here
Demolish Lying Rotten Violate
Desecrate Maul Rude
Disgusting Misleading Ruined

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 Words to Grapple with Greed

Because whether they desire to make or save it, every human on the planet is
interested in money.

Bank Extra Lowest price Rich

Bargain Feast Luxurious Savings
Best Fortune Marked down Six-figure
Billion Free Massive Skyrocket
Bonanza Freebie Money Soaring
Booked solid Frenzy Money-draining Surge
Cash Frugal Money-saving Treasure
Cheap Gift Nest egg Triple
Costly Golden Pay zero Waste
Discount Greatest Prize Wealth
Dollar High-paying Profit Whopping
Double Inexpensive Quadruple
Explode Jackpot Reduced

Words to Grapple Ensure Security

Choose words that make your readers feel safe, and you'll more easily gain their
confidence and trust.

Above and beyond Guaranteed Professional Secure

Anonymous Ironclad Protected Sure-fire
Authentic Lifetime Proven Survive
Automatic Money-back Recession-proof Tested
Backed No obligation Refund That never fails
Bankable No questions asked Reliable Thorough
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Best-selling No risk Research Trustworthy
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Cancel anytime No strings attached Results Try before you buy
Certified No-fail Risk-free Unconditional
Clockwork Official Rock-solid Verify
Endorsed Permanent Science-backed World-class
Foolproof Privacy Scientific

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Words to Trigger Temptation

The truth is, we’re all fascinated by the mysterious and forbidden, so intrigue
readers by sprinkling these power words throughout your writing.

Ancient Controversial Never seen before Under wraps

Backdoor Covert Off the record Undercover
Banned Cover-up Off-limits Underground
Behind the scenes Exotic Outlawed Under-the-table
Black Market Forbidden Private Undisclosed
Blacklisted Forgotten Restricted Unexpected
Bootleg From the vault Sealed Unlock
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Censored Hidden Secret Unreachable
Classified Hush-hush Smuggled Unspoken
Cloak and dagger Illegal Strange Unveiled
Concealed Insider Tried to hide Withheld
Confessions Little-known Unauthorized
Confidential Lost Uncensored

"For beginning writers, power words are one of

the easiest tools to master. Unlike many
storytelling strategies which can take years of
practice to master, you can start sprinkling
power words into your writing, and you’ll notice
an immediate lift in the quality of your prose."

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